Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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Map of the North-East States of America

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1849/1851
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: 89709198
Medium: pen, brown and black ink and watercolour
Support: tan wove paper
Size: 4 15/16 x 6" (126 x 152 mm)
Signature: 'J. Whistler.'
Inscription: r.: 'N. E. States.', & names of States etc., by Whistler; v.: 'To a very dear Friend with much love./ Annie [R.] Chilson Mar. 28-1932./ This was given to my aunt when she was a child 12 yrs old. She gave it to me when I was 18. The artist drew it in school when he was 10 yrs old, in Pomfret Ct. My aunt was then Anna Bowers - after she was Mrs. Joe Cavarly.', by A. R. Chilson; '360106//8-89-806.13', in an unknown hand
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Map of the North-East States of America

Map of the North-East States of America dates from between 1849 and 1851.

Map of the North-East States of America, Library of Congress
Map of the North-East States of America, Library of Congress

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 30); the information on provenance, in particular, has been revised.

Last updated: 12th December 2018 by Margaret